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Tonight, my roommate and I went to see the new film Changeling, which I had very low expectations for (considering the fact that it stars Angelina Jolie). Yet, it was an amazing film which, for those of you unfamiliar with the plot centers around the true story of the 1928 abduction of a Los Angeles boy, and his mother’s attempt to fight an L.A.P.D. cover-up of the terrible (and corrupt) mishandling of the situation. Trust me, the Los Angeles Police Department (LA’s “finest“)  do not look good in this film, and perhaps can be argued that they are the chief antagonists in the film. [A brief note: for as bad as the LAPD looks in this film, LA Presbyterians look like rock stars here!]

However, what mostly surprised me was not the ending of the film, nor the characters within it, but rather, the gentleman who I walked past upon exiting the theatre after the film, none other than  William Bratton, the current Chief of Police for the Los Angeles Police Department, who was apparently enjoying a Friday evening out with his wife. As my roommate and I exited, Bratton and his wife were just walking in and being directed to “Theatre 4″ for their show. What film would the current LAPD Chief of Police be interested on a weird Halloween night (with all of Hollywood and West Hollywood going crazy around him)? The answer is simply one word…..actually, one letter: W.